On the positive side, running tests on WEIRD subjects does at least tell you about the psychology of WEIRD people, and there are enough of them around to make the knowledge worthwhile even if it doesn’t generalize to other populations.
The biggest problem is that it probably means these results won’t hold going forward even for future WEIRD people.
On the positive side, running tests on WEIRD subjects does at least tell you about the psychology of WEIRD people, and there are enough of them around to make the knowledge worthwhile even if it doesn’t generalize to other populations.
The biggest problem is that it probably means these results won’t hold going forward even for future WEIRD people.